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Patented No-v UNITED STATES PATENT "Erica WILLIAM c. VAN vLinr, or New YORK, n. Y.

MACHINE FOR WIRING THE COARKD NECKS OF BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,168, dated November 9, 1886.

Application Eled April 28,18%. Serial No. 200.392. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that LWILLIAivrGVAN VLIET, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State ofN ew York, have L 25, 1884., no. 295,735, and No. 318,955, f

June 2, 1885, on which my invention is an improvement in several important features and in many details. In brief outline, lthe `essential features of machines of this type consist of a rotary hollow spindle, through which the Wires are drawn from a reel carried by one end of the spindle and are fed toward a tXed socket at the front of. the machine, in which the neck ofthe corked hottie is placed. Rotarypliers mounted on. and revolving with the .front end of the spindle have tubular or t i perforated jaws, through which the two side wires are led around. the neck of the bottle, while the two top wires pass straight between the jaws over the top of the corked neck, all four wires being twisted together at the ends and held in stationary gripping-nippers placed in front of the neck-socket. When the neck of the bottle isplaced up in the socket between the jaws of. the rotary pliers, the top wires are strained or bent over the top of the cork, and when the machine is now started the spindle with its pliers rst retreats back, thus passing the sidewires around the neck of `the bottle, and then revolves and twists all the wires together at the rear of the neck, after .l SO

which a cutter descends and severs the twisted ends, and the -wired bottle is then removed.

4The pliers holding the fsevered and twisted My improvements lie chiefly in the special construction of the rotary pliers and their accessories for guiding and gripping the.wires to give them the proper direction and tension when passed over and around the neck and twistedthereon.

My invention also consists in' novel means for rolling or bending down Athe projecting twisted endsof the wires flush on the neck of the bottle, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, whereby a 'much more efficient machine/is produced.

In the drawings annexed, Figure l presents a front end elevation of my improved machine, and Fig. 2`is a plan view thereof, showing the parts in normal initial or starting position. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the machine, and Figi 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. it is a fragmentary plan of Fig. 4. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation, showing the bottle-neck, the neck-socket,

and the spindle with its rotary pliers and accessorie's, illustrating the position of .parts` when the spindle has retreated with the wires passed' around the neck and ready for being twisted together. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan Yview of the saine parts shown in the same po- Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line a: m of` projecting radially from the neck, while Fig.,

lOshows the iinished stage, with thetwisted ends bent or rolled down flush on the neck.

Fig.11 shows details of the mechanism for performing the last operation.

' Referring to the drawings, a c indicate the top' frame or table of the machine'supported upon the legs b b. At the front end of the frame there arises'an overhanging arm, c, at the end of which is held the xed semi-cylindrical socket d, in which the bottle-neck is insertedto receive the wiring action of the Inachine, as shown bestin Figs. 1, 2, 8, 4., and 5.

e indicates the rotary wiring-spindle of the ICO machine, which is in line with the socket d, but in a plane a little below the same, as shown in Figs. 3,4, and 5. This spindle is supported in the bearings a, which arise from the top frame,a, near the rear thereof, and it is free to revolve and slide back and forth in said bearings. Outside the bearings a a pinion, e, is rotatively engaged with the shaft by a spline, the shaft being free to slide through said splined pinion,which latter is retained in position by an encircling yoke, ct'. A train of gearing engages with the pinion to revolve the saine and rotate the shaft,.which will be hereinafter explained.

The rotary twisting-pliers are fixed on the front end of the spindle c, and consist of these main parts-viz., the body or cross-head F of' the pliers,which is screwed fixedly on the end of the spindle, (see Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 6,) the plier-jaws G,pivoted on the cross-head,and the leader H, placed in the cleft of the crosshead and between the jaws of the pliers. The plier-jaws have short curved ar1ns,whieh project forward and converge together beneath the bottle-socket d, the curve of the jaws being sufficient to encircle the neck of the largest bottle which is expected to be wired. The long arms of the jaws are nearly straight, and project backward and slightly divcrge,and are provided with rollers on their tips, as shown best in Figs. 2 and 6. On the rear end of the spindle is mounted the reel-frame B,which earries the four spools, f, from which the four wires are drawn, and which thence pass individually through four distinct guide-tubes in the base of the spindle, as seen best in Figs. 2 and 7. rlhe front ends of two of these tubes are bent into diagonal holes bored through the sides of the cross-head F,as seen in Figs. 2, 4, and 5, through which holes the wires gg issue on each side of the cross-head, thence pass through diagonal holes in the plier-jaws near the pivots thereof,and,being thence led around the outside of the curved arms, finally enter a hole near the tips of the jaws, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) and issue between the meeting tips thereof, as seen in Figs. 2 and 6, said wires g g being those which are passed around the neck of the bottle. rlhe wires 7L l1, however, which are passed over the top of the cork, issue directly from the guide-tubes in the end of the spindle and pass straight through the center of the pliers, being guided first over a self-adjusting or pivotalclamping-anvil,i, resting on an angular seat on the leader H, and under a4 small clamping lever, k, and thence pass through the twin tubular guides or nostrils Z l on the tip of the leader,and finally project between the meeting jaws of the pliers together with the wires g g, where all are now twisted together and are held in the jaws of the gripping-nippers, I, which' are mountedon the overhanging arm c in front of the socket d.

Now, upon the spindle e,behind the head F head, K, which has a constant rotative engagement with the pliers and the spindle by means of the pinj, which projects from the clutchhead and passes through a perforated lu g on the plier-head. A spring, j', encircling the rod j, tends constantly to throw the pliers and spindle forward and the clutch-head baekward. The outer end of the rod j is tubular andincloses a boltspring, a', and boltmwhieh projects into proximity to thc upright arm of the clamp-lever k. rlhe stem q of the leader Hpasses loosely through aborc in the opposite side of the head F, and its end projects into a socket in the clutch-head K, in which is inclosed a spring, q', which tends constantly to press the leader forward, thc movement one way or the other being limited by a pin, 3, in the clutch-head engaging a slot,4,in the leaderstem. Passing radially through the clutchhead is a clutching-bolt, o,which is adapted to engage at one position with a hole, o', in the spindle, and thus lock the clutch-head to the spindle. A spring trigger-lever, p, engages this bolt o, and by the action of' its spring tends constantly to press thebolt into engagement, which will occur, however, only at the point when the spindle and pliers have been slid fully back ready to commence the twisting operation, as seen in Fig.

The trigger-lever p projects radially from the clutch-head and in the path of a projec tion, p, on the frame a, near the forward end of the stroke of thespindle, so that when the spindle and pliers slide forward after `the twisting and severing operations the triggerlever strikes the projection p', so as to withdraw the bolt and release the clutch-head, when the parts spring back to their initial positions, as seen in Figs. 3 and 2.

It may now be seen that when the machine is in,the initial or starting position, as seen best in Figs. 2 and 3, the rotary pliers will be advanced under the socket d, with the tip of its jaws close to the grippernippers I, while thenose of the leader l-I will lie close up to a downwardly-projecting flange or abutment, my, which is fixed in the rear of the socket d, and the two top wires, h 7l, will issue straight from the leader and pass close under the edge of this flange, and extend dianletrically across under the socket, (see Figs. 5 and 2,) passing between the jaws of the rotary pliers and into the grip of the fixed nippers I, in which the twisted end of' all four wires will be held, as before stated. The parts being, therefore,in the position dcscribed,the corked neck of the bottle is now thrust up into the socket so that the base of the glass lip or rim on the neck is level with the top of the plierjaws, and flush, or nearly so, with the base edge of' the abutment m, and it will be seen that by this action the two top wires, 7i h,will become stretched over the top of the cork, and bent down on each side of the neck, as seen in Fig. 5, the flange m serving as a fixed definite base edge to determine the bend of the wires at the right point over the neck,

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' and to keep the wires'closeto the base of the lip, andina straight line from that point to Vthe leader, so as to be in a plane almost parf allel with the side wires, g. The machine is now started, so as to impart the automatic motions to the spindle, the lirst movement of which will be to retreat or slide backward l without rotating, and this will cause the plier- "jawsto open,straddle,^and slip around the l.neck of the bottle belowthe lip thereof, thus passing the side wires, g g, around -the neck until the plier-jaws meet again at the rear of the neck, just under the flange m, as seen in Figs.` et and 421A, when all the wires will now be passed over and around the'neck. point the meeting plier-jaws will now have moved back close to the nose of the leader H, as seen in Fig. 4%-, andthe head Fof theplier's `moving back against the spring j will have pressed the clutch-head -K back against the bearing a', and the back of the head F will tipped plierarms onto the inclined lugs 2 2,

projectingl from the clutch-head K, as seen in Fig. 6, while the top wires, h h, become simul- 35 taneously clamped between the anvil t' and clamp-lever 7c, as the arm of the latter is forced back against the spring-bolt a, as seen in Fig. 5. Theterminal sliding motion of-the spindle and pliers will therefore now draw'npon the clamped wires, thus putting the necessary tension thereon to strain them tightly over the cork and around the neck of the bottle, and to pull them straight and taut from the abutment m to the nose of the plier and leader,

as seen in Figs. 6 and 5, preparatory to twisting the same.

It will be seen that theseveral springs j', a', and q will allow the terminal sliding motion of` the several parts to strain the Wires after they have been clamped, which would not be allowed if the parts were rigid. At the instant that the spindle arrives at the end of its stroke the hole o in the spindle will be brought in register with the clutch-bolto of. the clutch-head, which holtwillpat once fly` into engagement, and thus lock the headto the spindle and-retain the pliers and other parts in their contracted or closed positions,holding the wires tense. Immediately after this the spindle is revolved by the automatic action of the cams and gearing, Iand the four wires are thus twisted firmly together between theneck of the bottle and t-he tips of the pliers, the

A spindle making five revolutions for this purpose. At or near the end of this twisting op,- eration the ,cutters r 1 ",which are arranged At this4 backfofthe' abutment m, and about half-way between the neck of thebottle and the pliers, descend and sever the twisted wires at about the middle of theirlength, thusleaving asmall twisted projection on the neck of the bottle standing out radially, as seen in Fig. 9, and also leaving a small twisted stub projecting from the jaws of the pliers. As soon as the severing takes place, the bottle is instantly withdrawn from the socket, and appears as seen in Fig. 9. spindle', with its pliers and clntehhead, Ste., moves directly forward,and the pliers, passing under the socket as at first, finally insert the twisted stub of wires in the gripper-nippers I, which now close on and hold the same, as seen in Fig. 2, while about thefsame instant 4the trigger-lever p strikes the projection p", and thus withdraws the bolt o and unclutches the head Kfrom the spindle, so that the spring j now throws the head K back, and thus causes the lugs 2 2 to retract from the plier-jaws, and the bolt a to retreat from the clamp-lever k,- as seen in Fig. 3, thus allowing the pliers to open and the clamp to relax', and thus leaving the wires free as at first, and thereby bringing the parts back to the initial position ready for the wiring of the next bottle.

Now, the automatic mechanism for imparting the reciprocating and rotary motions to the spindle at the proper moment is substantially the 4same as shown in the Carpenter patent befo re cited, but may be here briefly describedfor-,a better understanding of the whole machine-that is, referring to Fig. 2, 5 indi- Cates the driving-pulley Aof themachine, to which the power is applied,andlwhich is iiXed to one end of a short shaft provided at the upper end with a pinion, 6,Y which gears with a bevel-wheel, 7, which is mounted on the main cam-shalt S of the machine.v This wheel 7 is loose on theshaft 8, but fitting close against the same is a clutch-hub, 9, which is keyed to the shaftmagd provided with a slidingclntchbolt, 10,' the inner end of which is adapted to engagewith an engagingrecess in the wheel 7, while the outer end has an overhanging h ead which is normally engaged by the wedgingftip 12 of a clutch-lever, 13, which is connected to the treadle 14, (see. Figs. 1,2, and 8,-) so .that said wedge-tip keeps the bolt 12 withdrawn against the action of the spring 15. (See Fig. 2.) As soon, therefore,as the treadle is depressed, the wedge l2 is withdrawn from the bolt 10 and the bolt flies into engagement with the constantly-revolving wheel 7, which therefore becomes clutched to and revolves the camshaft 8. The largecam 16 on the shaft engages a roller `on the lever 17, which is connected by link 18 with the sliding yoke 19, which engages a collar, 20, on the spindle'e, and thus imparts the necessary reciprocating motion to the spindle, the cam being of course properly formed to impart the correct motion Immediatelyafter this the IIO at the right times inthe same wayas heretofore. Upon the lend of the cam-shaft is'flxed a gear-wheel, 21, which meshes with a clutchpinion, 22, which is loose upon a stud, 23. Upon the stud, close to the clutch-pinion, is mounted the gear wheel 24, which meshes with the pinion c on the spindle e.

Referring now to Figs. 4 and 7, a springimpelled clutch-bolt, 25, projects through the hub of wheel 24, and is adapted to engage with arecess in the pinion 22, but is normally withdrawn and engaged by the wedging-tip of a cam-lever, 2o', (see Figs. 2 and 7,) which is actuated by a small eccentric or cam, 27, on the main shaft S, back of the wheel 2l. The relation'of these parts is such that just as the spindle has been slid fully back ready to commence the twisting operation the cam 27 moves the clutch-lever 26 out of engagement with the bolt 25, which at once iiies into engagement with the pinion 22, so that rotary Inotion is now imparted to the gearing to revolve the spindle. In this operation the spindle will make five revolutions, and the wheel 24 and pinion 22 will make just one revolution, and as the wheel 24 arrives near the end of its revolution the cam 27 will bring the lever 26 into engagement with the bolt 25, and thus withdraw the same from the clutch-pinion 22, allowing the same to revolve loosely, as before, while the head of the bolt will project over the top of the frame a, as seen iu Fig. 2, and thus stop further rotation of the wheel in that direction, while at the same instant an inclined projection, 2S, ou the wheel 24 will catch behind a spring-bolt, 29, (see Figs. 2, 3, and 4,) and thus stop rotation of the wheel in either direction, and thereby hold the spindle firmly in its initial position at the end of its fth revolution, preventingit from turningin either way, but allowing it to go through its sliding movements when impelled by the cam 16 at the next action, as will be understood.

The cutters for severing the wire and the device for operating and locking the same are shown best in Fig. 8. The cutters consist, as usual, of two elbow-levers, r r', pivoted together just back of the flange m of the socket d, with their euttingblades facing each other like shears, and projecting down in a position to grasp and sever the wires when twisted between the neck of the bottle andthe pliers, as also seen in Figs. 2, 4, and 5. The lower lever, r, of the cutters is pivoted on aiXed pin, r, which projects from the overhanging arm c, while the upper arm, 1", is jointed to avertical sliding rod, s, provided with a projection, s', which at the right moment is engaged by a cam, t, on the front end of the cam-shaft 8, which cam depresses the rod,and thus operates the cutter-levers. Parallel with thesliding rod s is arranged a locking-lever, u,which is pivoted on the same pin r3 with the cutterlever o', and the upper arm of this locking-lever is notched,so as to engage with the pin r2, which joints the rod s to the lever r' when the cutters are raised to their upper limit of motion7 and thus locks the cutters in their said raised or quiescent position. The lower arm of the locking-lever u projects in the path of the cam t, and is provided with a spring, a, which tends to constantly throw the lever into its locking position. When, however, the cam t revolves, it will first sway the lockinglever out of its path, and thus remove its notched locking end from engagement with the pin r2, and the cam will then engage the projection s and depress the rod, and as the pin r" is compelled to move along the edge of the lever u the cutters will be moved down bodily in an are struck from thepin 7', and theblades will be simultaneously closed together as they move down, thereby straddling the twisted wires and severing the same about half-way between the bottle-neck and the rotary pliers, as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 8. When the cam tpasses the projection s, the spring sz throws the rod s and cutters 1 r up to their normal positions, and the spring a throws the locking-leverinto engagement with the pin r2, as shown by full lines in Fig. 1, thus locking the cutters firmly in place, and

preventing the possibility oi' their moving p into the way of the pliers. The spring '8 cushions the up motion of the rod s and its attached parts.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, it will be seen that the two jaws of the. gripper-nippers I are pivoted to a U shaped guide-piece, 30, which is mounted on a curved pin, 31, projecting from the overhanging arm c, and a link, 32, riveted over the front of the jaws holds the nippers pivotally to the piece 30. The tails of the nipper-jaws straddle the pivoted wedging-block 33, which is connected by an adjustable rod, 3l, with the reciprocating yoke 35, which is guided in the frame c and actuated by a cam, 36, on the front end of the shaft 8. It will therefore be seen that by this cam mechanism the block 33 will be partly turned at the proper moment, so as to spread the tails of the nipper-jaws, and thus close the gripping-edges to grasp the twisted wires, while when the block is turned in the reverse way by the return action of the cam the U-shaped ICC spring 37 will open the jaws and permit the removal of the wires when the wiring operation is finished. The nuts 39 allow of adjusting the length of the rod 34, so as to regulate the grasping motion of the pliers. rlhe nippers, being mounted on the curved pin 31,are thus capable of a bodily movement to and from the socket d in an arc concentric with the curve of the pin, or about central with the block 33, and a spring, 38, tends constantly to draw the pliers inward close to l[he socket, so thatv by this means the nose of the grippingnippers will always be brought into the path of the rotary pliers G, when it `'advances toward the nipper holding the stub of the twisted wires, so that the twisted stub will not only be now inserted ,in the jaws of the nippers, but' the nose of the pliers will press up close against the nippers and force the same outward a little beyond the socket, as seenl in` Fig. 2,`thus compelling the nippersto take iirm hold on the stub of wires as close as possible to the nose of the rotary pliers, which is a greatadvantage. i

Now, referringto Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 7,1m will be seen that the reel B is madewith a light open metallic frame, through which are passed shouldered bolts, on which the bobbins f f are, mounted, each of., which bobbins may'have av the reel-frame projects a radial arm, wwhich encircles o rstraddl'es the curved rod n', between two washers, fw', againstwhich the springs o? respectively bear, as seen best in Figs. 2 and 7. A yielding rotative connection or centrifugal cushion is thus formed between the reel and the spindle in both directions of rotation, so that when the spindle is suddenly started or stopped the inertia and momentum of the reel with its heavy bobbins is thus cushionedl and relieved, thereby preventing` any hard shock from being impartedto the spindle or its gearving, which would otherwise occur, and which was veryinjurious to the machine as heretofore made. This feature, however, with others herein shown, I do not claim as my invention, and they will form the subject ot' a separate application. n

lt will now he seen that my present machine is not only an improvement in seveiral important details over the former machines of this kind, particularly in the rotary pliers with its wire leader, Ste., and an important feature is, thatin this machine the two `top wires are guided in a spread or separated position in` parallel guiding-nostrils from the'mouth of wires are twisted together over the cork.

thepliers, and thus pass over the cork" in two spread or separated'parallel strands, which, as is well known, gives much greater holding power on the cork and is less likely to cut into the same than is the case when the two top JAll the operations for wiring the bottle having been now explained, it will be understood that when the bottle is removed from the machine it will appear as in Fig. 9, with the twisted ends of the wires projecting radially from opposite sides of the neck, and as it is not desirable to have the ends project in this manner, a final operation is resorted to for rolling down the same iiush with the neck of the bottle, as seen in Fig. 10. The device for performing this final operation is shown on the left-hand side of the machine in Fig. 1and in 352,168 e VV5 details in Fig. ll, and consists of a Xedsock.-

-et-head, D,l having a central socket, g/into `which the wired neck of the bottle is inserted.

This socket is lined by four spring-tongues, 4l, which embrace the bottle-neck when inserted, two of these tongues being notched or formed with hooked or outcurved claws 42 on their free ends, against which the projecting twisted ends of the wires will rest when the vbottle-neck is placed' in the socket, as shown by dotted lines iny Figs. l and 11. Now, this fixed socket-head D is` secured to the end of a long stud, 44, (see Fig. 2,) which is secured to and supported by a bracket-arm, 45, extending from the side of the main frame ofthe machine, as shown in Figs. 1 and`2. On the stud, between the bracket 45 and socket-head D, is mountedl a grooved pulley, 46, which is free to revolve thereon, and is driven by a belt, 47, from a grooved rim-on the main pulley 5, as

well shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Two lever-arms, 48, are pivoted on the front of the pulley 46,

.(see Figs. l and 2,) and project over the front of the socket-head, and to said levers are jointed the bars 49, carrying rollers 50, which ap-4 proach the socket at opposite sides thereof. On the front of the socket-head D is a camgroove, d', which isengaged by rollers on the levers 48. The levers 48 bear on the bars`49 in an elastic manner by the interposed springs 51, which'encircle studs extending from the bars and provided with adjustable nuts 52, resting on the levers 48. Now, when the wired neck of the .bottle is inserted inthe springsocket y, with the twisted ends of the wires projecting over the spring-claws 42, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, the machine being in motion so as to revolve the pulley 46, it will be seen that asthe pulley revolvesA the action ofthe cam d will sway the levers 48 and bars 49 to and from the central socket, thus. causing the rollers 50 to press against and roll over vthe projecting ends of the'wires, and thereby bending the same over the spring-claws 42 in a curved line close to the neck of the bottle,

or as close as the thickness of the spring-claws will allow, which is practically tlush with the neck ofthe bottle, as seen in Fig. 10, which represents the neck after it has been removed from the spring-socket. This operation requires but a few seconds to insert the bottlein the spring-socket and remove it therefrom, and it will be seen that as the pulley 46 is driven directly from the main pulley 5 the bending device isthns revolving constantlywhile power is applied to the pulley 5, although the wir- IIO ing mechanism may be at rest, so that no v starting or stopping operation is necessary in using the bending or rolling device; and, furthermore, it will be seen that as the bending device is in convenient position on the left to receive the neck of the bottle just after it is removed fromthe wiring-socket, no time is unnecessarily lost in performing the several operations of the machine, thus enabling the wiring to be performed rapidly and without the defects heretofore experienced. In this bending device the essential feature is the receiving-pocket with the projecting claws on which the wires rest, with a rotating bending device to roll or press against the wires and bend the sanie over the projections against the neck of the bottle, so that I do not coniine myself to the precise combination of devices shown, as they may be varied without departing from the essential feature.

I do Vnot coniine myself to the particular form of the clutching devices of the clutchhead K, as any equivalent devices may be used.

Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a corked-bottlewiring machine, substantially such as set forth, the combination, with the rotary wiringspindle and the rotary twisting-pliers mounted thereon, of two parallel wire guides or nostrils at the center of the pliers adapted to issue two wires in separate parallel strands over the top of the bottle-cork, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a bottlewiring machine, tl'ie coinbination, with a fixed socket to receive the neck ot' the bottle and nippers mounted in front of the sanne, of a rotary spindle and rotary pliers placed back of the same, a reel supplying four wires, wire-guides leading eircumferentially to and through the tips of the plier-jaws,through which two of the wires are led to issue at the tips of thel jaws, and two parallel wire guides or nostrils arranged at the center of the pliers, and adapted to guide and issue the two remaining wires in two separate parallel strands in a diametrical position relatively to having wire-guides arranged to issue wires diametrically between the jaws of the pliers, substantially as hereins'ct forth.

4. In a bottle-wiring machine, the combin nation, with the spindle c, clutclrhead K, and pliers Ii G, ot" the leader H, having the wire' guides Z, and the sliding stem q, passing through -the head of the pliers and having an elastic or spring abutment in the clutchinghead, with a stop, 4, to limit its play in the clutch-head, and a stop, ji, to engage the head of the pliers, substantially as shown and described. v t

5. Means for bending the twisted ends of wires upon the necks of bottles, consisting of v a socket into which the bottleneck is placed, provided with projections over which the wires lie, with a rotary rolling or bending device arranged to revolve around the socket in the path of said wires, and to thereby bend the same over the projections against the neck of the bottle, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the iixed head D, having the socket y, provided with the projecting points or springs 4l, of the rotary head or pulley 46, carrying a radially-vibrating bending device or devices arranged to approach to and recede from the socket, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the fixed h'ead D having the socket y, of projections or hooks 4l, and cam d, with the rotary head or pulley 46, carrying yielding bending devices, engaged with Said cam and arranged to vibrate to and from said socket as the pulley revolves, sul stantially as shown and described.

8. rIhe combination, with the `fixed head D, with the socket y, hooks 42, and cam d', of pulley 4.6, carrying the levers 48, engaged with said cani, bars 49, pivoted to said levers, and holding the rollers 50, and a yielding connection between said bars and levers, substantially as shown and described.

XVM. C. VAN VLIE'I.

W'tnesses:

JNO. E. G ivIN, JOHN BECKER. 

